ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,494, issued on June 3, was assigned to Privacy Analytics Inc. (Ottawa).
"Mixed noise mechanism for data anonymization" was invented by Lon Michel Luk Arbuckle (Ottawa) and Devyani Biswal (Ottawa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes collecting one or more datasets of information. The method also includes separating the one or more datasets into respective blocks of data. The method further includes determining whether the information within the blocks of data are consistent, or if one or more violations occur within the blocks of data. In addition, the method includes applying a first noise function based on the determinati...